Mrs. Spring Fragrance: A Collection of Chinese-American Short Stories

by Gottfried Keller

Book Overview

These remarkable tales rank among the first works of fiction published by a Chinese-American author. The daughter of an English shipping merchant and his Chinese wife, Edith Maude Eaton grew up in Canada and settled in the United States. She pursued a career in journalism under the pen name Sui Sin Far. A mixed-heritage woman in a culture rife with anti-Chinese sentiment, she was a pioneer in expressing the struggles and triumphs of the immigrant...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0486493172
• ISBN13: 9780486493176
• Release Date: December 2013
• Publisher: Dover Publications
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.4" x 8.4"